Liberal MP Wyatt Roy says he will defy his party chief Prime Minister Tony Abbott to vote in favor of same-sex marriage.
His comments follow marathon six-hour Coalition meeting
on Monday in which lawmakers from Australia’s ruling Liberal and
National parties voted to block their colleagues from voting with their
consciences.The PM also threatened to sack or demote his ministerial colleagues if they were to vote in support of same-sex marriage.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the Coalition party room voted against having a conscience vote on same-sex marriage by about 60 votes to 30 on Tuesday night, but about half of Abbott’s frontbench voted against this position.
Roy said in a wide-ranging interview with Buzzfeed that he’s adamant the current bill won’t get to a vote but if it did, he would ‘feel quite comfortable‘ to cross the floor.
‘I’m from a very socially conservative Queensland electorate but I told my constituents when I was first elected, I’m for same sex marriage and nothing will change that,’ said the 25-year-old politician.
Roy, who represents the electorate of Longman, Queensland became the youngest person ever to be elected to an Australian parliament in 2010.
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